Trap.



' W. GHOLEWINSKI.

TRAP. I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1911.

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INVEN'IOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 21, 1912 Maw/ 22 W. GHOLEWINSKI. TTRAP. j 7

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@mbMrii/lk ATTORNEYS v COLUMBIA PLANOQRANI CO.,WA5HINGTON. B4 c WALENTYGHOLEWINSKI, 0F OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Application filed September 22, 1911. Serial No. 650,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALENTY OHoLE- WINSKI, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Oshkosh, in the county of WVinnebago and StateofWVisconsin, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements inTraps, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to traps especially designed for entrappingrodents.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a box like trap withdoors that are maintained in an open position by bait holders, saiddoors being released when the bait holders are moved by a rodent.

Another object of this invention is the provision of means for drowningor exterminating the lives of rodents entrapped, the drowning of therodents occurring at a point removed from the trap, whereby the trap canbe immediately set to entrap another rodent.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strong and durabletrap that can be advantageously used in buildings infested with rodents,the trap being constructed whereby it canbe safely handled, cleansed andmaintained in a sanitary condition.

With the above and other objects, in view, the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals ofreference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, inwhich Figure 1 is aplan of the trap partly broken away and partly insection, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the trap, and Fig. 3is an end view of the same.

A trap in accordance with this invention comprises a bottom plate 1, atop plate 2,

a rear wall 3, a front wall 4, converging side walls .5 and convergingpartitions 6, the converging walls 5 and the partition 6 providingpassages 7 and a blind compartment 8. The walls 5 and the partitions 6converge from the front wall 4 to the rear wall 3 and the compartment 8is intermediate the passages 7 with said passages in communication withopenings 9 in the rear wall 3 and doorways 10 in the front wall 4. Thefront wall 4 has a central opening 11 covered by a screen 12 secured tothe outer side of the Wall 4. The partitions 6 have oblong openings 13covered by screens 14, and it is through the medium of the screens 12and 14 that a rodent can observe baits within the passages 7. Theseopenings and partitions also allow the odor of the bait toescape fromthe trap to attract a rodent to the same. The side walls 5 are providedwith openings 15 having transparent plates 16, these openings admittinglight to the passages 7. The openings 9 of the rear wall 3 are incommunication with a conduit or pipe 17 extending from the wall 3 to asuitable tank or receptacle '18 adapted to contain water. The conduit orpipe 17 communicates with the receptacle 18 above the bottom thereof andextends toward said receptacle 18 upwardly at an inclination. The tankor receptacle 18 is located some distance from the trap and to encouragea rodent to enter the pipe 17, the lower end of said pipe is flared,this flared end also permitting of both of the passages 7 communicatingwith the pipe. The top plate 2 of the trap has doorways 19 for. hingeddoors 20, said doors being'locked ina closed position by pivoted buttons21. It is through the medium of the doorways 19 that easy access is hadto the passages 7 for baiting the trap.

Arranged transversely of the trap, intermediate the ends thereof, is ashaft 22 and arranged transversely of the trap, adjacent to the frontwall 4, is a shaft 23. Loosely mounted upon the shaft 22, within thepassages 7, are rock sleeves 24 having vertical hooks 25 and dependingbait holders 26 for bait 27. The rock sleeves are limited in theirmovement in one direction by rods 28 arranged transversely of thepassages 7.

Revolubly mounted upon the shaft 23, within the passages 7, are sleeves29 having the ends thereof provided with spirally grooved spools 30.Attached to the spools 30 are the ends of cables 31 adapted to windthereon, said cables extendingthrough eyes 32 carried by the confrontingsides of the walls 5 and the partition 6. The ends of the cable 31 areprovided with rings 33 adapted to engage the hook 25, carried by therock sleeves 24. Attached to the sleeve 29, intermediate the endsthereof, is the end of a spiral spring 34, said spring having theopposite end thereof attached to the top plate 2 by pivotally holds thebutton 21.

the same rivet or pin 35 that The doorways 10 are provided with doors 36having the upper. ends thereof pivotally mounted in the doorways 10 bypivot pins 37. The upper inner edges of the doors 36 are provided withstops 38 to limit the closing movement of said doors, and the lowerinner edges of the doors have apertured lugs 39. Connected to these lugsare cables 40 having the opposite ends thereof connected to the spools30. The outer sides of the doors 36 are provided with straps 41 andmovably held by these straps are the free ends 42 of flat springs 43,carried by the front wall 4. Vith the rings 33 upon the hooks 25, thecables 31 and 40 are unwound upon the spools 30 and the springs 34 and43 are under tension, the spring 34 having a tendency to revolve thesleeve 29 and wind the cables 31 and 40 upon the spools, while thesprings 43 hold the doors 36 open.

IVhen a rodent enters one of the longitudinal passages 7 and pulls uponthe bait 27 to remove it from the holders 26, the sleeve 24, in thepassage entered by the rodent, is rocked, moving the hook 25 out ofengagement with the rings 33, thereby releasing the cables 31 andallowing the spring 34 to wind the cables upon the spools 30. The spring34 is of suiiicient strength to wind the cables 44 upon the spools',"t0close the door 36 against the action of the spring 43. The rodent isthen entrapped and in trying to escape enters the pipe 17 and isprecipitated into the water contained within the tank 18. Since thesleeves 24 are loosely mounted upon the shaft 22 and the sleeves 29loosely mounted upon the shaft 23, the door releasing mechanism withinone passage can be operated independently of the mechanism within theother passage. The door releasing mechanism is easily reset within oneof the passages by opening the door 20 thereof.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised a boX liketrap having converging passages leading to an exterminating tank, andthat the independent door I releasing mechanisms are positive i1 theiroperation for entrapping a rodent before escape is possible.

What I claim is 1. A trap comprising a boX having converging passagesformed therein, an exterminating tank in communication with the rearends of said passages, spring pressed hinged doors arranged in theforward ends of said passages, means arranged in each passage andincluding a bait holder, spring actuated spools, and cables for closingthe door to the passage when said bait holder is moved.

2. A trap comprising a box having converging longitudinal passages,spring pressed doors arranged at the forward ends of said passages,movable bait holders arranged in said passages, spools arranged in saidpassages, cables connecting said spools and said doors, cablesconnecting said spools and said bait holders, and means in connectionwith said spools and adapted to wind the first mentioned cables thereonwhen the last mentioned cables are released by said bait holders.

3. A trap comprising a box having longitudinal passages and a blindchamber between said passages, an exterminating tank in communicationwith the rear ends of said passages, spring pressed doors arranged inthe forward ends of said passages, movable bait holders arranged in saidpassages, spring actuated spools arranged in said passages, cablesconnecting said spools and said doors, cables connecting to said spoolsand loosely connected to said bait holders, and means in said passagesfor limiting the movement of said bait holders in one direction.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WVALENTY OHQLEIVINSKI.

WVitnesses:

A. H. GRUENEWALD, ART FROHEIB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

